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Hinjri Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Hinjri is a medium size village located in Jaipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 209 families residing. The Hinjri village has population of 1156 of which 599 are males while 557 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hinjri village population of children with age 0-6 is 216 which makes up 18.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hinjri village is 930 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Hinjri as per census is 1250, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Hinjri village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Hinjri village was 62.13 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Hinjri Male literacy stands at 80.91 % while female literacy rate was 40.50 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Hinjri village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Hinjri village.

Hinjri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 209 - -
Population 1,156 599 557
Child (0-6) 216 96 120
Schedule Caste 337 178 159
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.13 % 80.91 % 40.50 %
Total Workers 474 304 170
Main Worker 361 - -
Marginal Worker 113 61 52

Caste Factor

Hinjri village of Puruliya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.15 % of total population in Hinjri village. The village Hinjri currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Hinjri village out of total population, 474 were engaged in work activities. 76.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 474 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 60 were Agricultural labourer.